License plate or tag.



P. F. HABERSTICK.

'LICENSE PLATE OH TAGV APPuJcATmN FILED Auw. 1911.

lFilmterrmd Apr. 23,1918.

17u/anton titl) PIETER F. HABERSTICK, 0F WHEELING, 'WEST VIRGINIA.

LICENSE PLATE @It TAG.

Application led August 1, 1917.

To aZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, PETER F. HABERSTICK, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and resident of Wheeling, county of Uhio, and State of `WestVirginia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in IiicensePlates or Tags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to number plates, and more specificallyto a license plate or tag for motor-vehicles and the like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a license plate or tagof which but a small and relatively inexpensive part, instead of theentire tag, requires changing from year to year to evidence payment ofthe current years license tax.

Afurther object is to provide a license tag or plate composed of a mainbody, or number-bearing portion, and a year-plate, the main body beingdesigned to be permanently carried by the vehicle for which it is issuedand carrying a number which shall be the permanent identifying number ofsaid vehicle, and said year-plate being detachably secured to said mainbody in a prominently dlsplayed position.

A still further object is to provide a device of the character mentionedwherein detachment of the year-plate can only be accomplished when thebody of the tag has been detached from its mounting.

With these and otherimportant objects in View, the invention resides inthe features of construction, arrangements of parts, and combinations ofelements which will hereinafter'be fully described, reference bein hadto the accompanying drawings, in whie Figure l is a front elevation ofthe invention; and

Figs. 2 and 3 are sections taken respectively on lines 2 2 5nd 3-3, Fig.I.

Referring to said drawings, in which like designating charactersdistinguish like parts throughout the several viewsl indicates the mainbody portion of a metallic license tag carrying an identification number2, as ordinarily. Provided 1n said body 1 adjacent to one end thereof isan aperture 3 of rectangular form, through which is exposed a portion ofthe face of a year-plate 4 which is also of rectangular form.R'earwardlystruck retaining flanges 5 extend along the vertical lateraledges of the be aperture 3, the same being bent to form guide-membersbetween which the year-plate Specification of Letters Patent.-

Fatented Apr., 23, "Mill,

Serial No. 183,964.

4 is received, as is most clearly shown in Fig. 3. A similar struck-upretaining flange 6 extends along the lower edge of said aperture and isbent to form a seat upon which the lower edge of the year plate rests.'lhe year-plate, which is of greater length than the aperture 3, isintroduced between the upper ends of the flanges 5 and is slipped vdownward between the latter to its seating position u on the flange 6.Said year-plate is prefera ly secured against withdrawal in a verticaldirection, as by means of a screw or bolt 7 directed through the body labove said aperture 3 and through the underlying upper end portion ofthe year-plate. Such attaching means may be dispensed with, however, asthe` year-plate is preferably made of such length that its upper edgeclosely underlies the usual license-bracket 8 to which the body l isattached, and such bracket effectually consequently guards against thewithdrawal of the year-plate.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the body of the licenseplate or tag may form a permanent xture for the vehicle-and that,consequently, the identifying number remains the same from year to yearafeature which is most desirable for various obvious reasons. Further,the yearly furnishing'of the relatively small, light and inexpensiveyear-plate results in a large reduction in the expense to which thestate is subjected under the present system of yearly furnishing entirenew tags. rllhe year plates preferably differ in color from the mamplate or body and will be furnished 1n different colors in successiveyears for more readily indicating the years for which they are issued.What is claimed is- 1. In combination with a supporting bracket, alicense plate or tag having its upper edge attached to said bracket,said late 'comprising a main body bearing an identification number andhavin an aperture therein located laterally with respect to said number,a year-plate mounted rearward of said aperture and vertically slidableinto and out of position, said year-plate exposing a portion of its facethrough said aperture and having its lower edge disposed in underlyingrelation to said bracket whereby its withdrawal is prevented.

2. A license plate or ta comprisin a main body bearing an identi cationnum er, said plate having an aperture therein, verti-I ich IAA

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cal retaining ianges provided laterally of the support by which saidmain body is ar- 10 said aperture, a horizontal seating flange at riedso that said support guards against the loweredge of said aperture, ayear-plate withdrawal thereof. slidably received between and held bysaid In testimon whereof, I aiix my signature 5 vertical Hanges andseated upon said seatin in presence o two Subscribing witnesses. ange,said plate being disposed rearward PETER F. HABERSTICK. of said apertureand exposing a portion of its Witnesses: face through the latter, saidplate being dis- H. E. DUNLAP, posed with its upper end closelyunderlying W. F. Kamm,

